The water poverty index: Development and application at the community scale

Natural Resources Forum

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 189-199

  Sullivan, C A ^a   Meigh, J R ^a   Giacomello, A M ^a   Fediw, T ^a   Lawrence, P ^b   Samad, M ^c   Mlote, S ^d   Hutton, C ^e   Allan, J A ^f   Schulze, R E ^g   Dlamini, D J M ^g   Cosgrove, W ^o   Delli Priscoli, J ^h   Gleick, P ⁱ   Smout, I ^j   Cobbing, J ^o   Calow, R ^o   Hunt, C ^k   Hussain, A ^l   Acreman, M C ^a   King, J ^m   Malomo, S ⁿ   Tate, E L ^a   O'Regan, D ^a   Milner, S ^o   Steyl, I ^e   more..

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^d Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology   (Tanzania)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^h U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ Pacific Institute   (United States)

^j LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^k LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^l LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

ⁿ Commonwealth Science Council ^*  (United Kingdom)

^o NONE

more..

Author keywords

Environment; Income poverty; Indicators; Water; Water poverty

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; PERSONNEL;

WATER POVERTY INDEX;

WATER;

INDEX METHOD; METHODOLOGY; POVERTY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0141571448     PISSN: 01650203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1477-8947.00054     Document Type: Article

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